I now see that the word "never" is a little bit absolute. In any case, your comment is well taken, along with every comment that provides constructive criticism. As I am not a professional writer, I try to express my opinions on these subjects as well as I can, and these kinds of comments make me express them in a better way in the next article.
You made me chuckle with "little bit absolute". Rather like "very unique". :-)
It's all good, and the article is very informative for people new to the question -- in fact I'm going to send it to one of my new minions, I mean, interns.
Personally, I don't mind the occasional "always" or "never". Exceptions are normal, but an absolute word does a good job of communicating the point... and it also sparks conversations like this about what the exceptions could be!
Every important idea started out as "interesting but wrong", then got better through conversations.
...Well, maybe not every idea. ;)
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Fair enough, and point taken (and made in the original article).
I was just complaining about the "never" part of the title. :-)
I now see that the word "never" is a little bit absolute. In any case, your comment is well taken, along with every comment that provides constructive criticism. As I am not a professional writer, I try to express my opinions on these subjects as well as I can, and these kinds of comments make me express them in a better way in the next article.
You made me chuckle with "little bit absolute". Rather like "very unique". :-)
It's all good, and the article is very informative for people new to the question -- in fact I'm going to send it to one of my new minions, I mean, interns.
Personally, I don't mind the occasional "always" or "never". Exceptions are normal, but an absolute word does a good job of communicating the point... and it also sparks conversations like this about what the exceptions could be!
Every important idea started out as "interesting but wrong", then got better through conversations.
...Well, maybe not every idea. ;)